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Resources for the New Year

December 31, 2014 by mattperman

Here are a few resources to help you get the new year off to a great start. What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done. Of course I’ll be recommending my book here! The beginning of the year is a good time to refine your mission, vision, roles and goals. What’s […]

Filed Under: Managing Yourself

Christmas: A Time to Turn To God

December 24, 2014 by mattperman

It doesn’t make much sense to celebrate the coming of Christ into the world without acknowledging the very reason he came. He came to earth to save us from our sins and give us eternal life. It would be a tragedy to enjoy the presents, food, time with family and friends, and everything else and […]

Filed Under: Knowing God

Understanding Christian Freedom

December 24, 2014 by mattperman

It is incredibly important for Christians to understand the doctrine of Christian freedom. John Calvin said that if you don’t understand the doctrine of Christian freedom, it shows that you don’t understand the doctrine of justification either. For the doctrine of justification necessarily leads to the doctrine of Christian freedom. Here is a great initial summary […]

Filed Under: Christian Freedom

How Do You Balance Material Goods with the True Spirit of Christmas?

December 23, 2014 by mattperman

Anne Bradley has a great post on this at the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics. Here are three very helpful points she makes (note especially the first one — it’s why I don’t think giving gifts at Christmas necessarily equals consumerism): What are some ways we can worship God with our whole being and […]

Filed Under: e Work and Vocation

A New Model for Helping the Poor

December 22, 2014 by mattperman

Yesterday I tweeted about how World Vision’s gift catalog promotes donations by giving the impression that you are able to buy farm animals and other items for families in poor countries — but it turns out that they often don’t buy the actual animals that the donor thought they purchased. Puzzling? Yes. Warren Throckmorton quotes a […]

Filed Under: Poverty

A Highly Misguided Way to Talk About Jesus

December 5, 2014 by mattperman

A blog comments the other day (different blog) said this regarding Jesus’ compassion: Yes, Jesus was compassionate when confronted with a need, pausing to help the faithful (and in a few cases we know of, non-believers)…that was to show his authority and glory. I will be direct about this: this is a highly misguided way to talk […]

Filed Under: Mercy

Anchor the Documentary: Exploring Christianity and Atheism

December 2, 2014 by mattperman

Several weeks ago, I had a great time being interviewed by Matt Pierce for his upcoming documentary Anchor. As Matt shared with me what he was doing, I thought his vision for the documentary was fantastic and deserves to be known more widely. Anchor is a documentary that explores the atheist and Christian perspectives on the […]

Filed Under: 2 Apologetics, Existence of God

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